College of Physicians and Surgeons, Karachi, Pakistan.
Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2020 May;32(4):154-156. doi: 10.1177/1010539520927259. Epub 2020 May 19.
The outbreak of corona virus initiated as pneumonia of unknown cause in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, which has been now spreading rapidly out of Wuhan to other countries. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus outbreak as the sixth public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), and on March 11, 2020, the WHO announced coronavirus as . Coronavirus is thought to be increasing in Pakistan. The first case of coronavirus was reported from Karachi on February 26, 2020, with estimated populace of Pakistan as 204.65 million. Successively, the virus spreads into various regions nationwide and has currently become an epidemic. The WHO has warned Pakistan that the country could encounter great challenge against the outbreak of coronavirus in the coming days. This short communication is conducted to shed light on the epidemic of coronavirus in the country. It would aid in emphasizing the up-to-date situation in a nutshell and the measures taken by the health sector of Pakistan to abate the risk of communication.
2019 年 12 月,中国武汉暴发不明原因肺炎疫情,随后疫情迅速蔓延至武汉以外的其他国家。2020 年 1 月 30 日,世界卫生组织(WHO)宣布冠状病毒疫情为第六次国际关注的突发公共卫生事件(PHEIC),2020 年 3 月 11 日,世界卫生组织宣布冠状病毒为.冠状病毒在巴基斯坦被认为正在增加。2020 年 2 月 26 日,卡拉奇报告了首例冠状病毒病例,巴基斯坦的估计人口为 2.0465 亿。随后,病毒传播到全国各地的各个地区,目前已成为一种流行病。世界卫生组织警告巴基斯坦,未来几天该国可能将面临冠状病毒爆发的巨大挑战。本简讯旨在阐明该国的冠状病毒疫情。它将有助于简要强调最新情况,以及巴基斯坦卫生部门为减轻传播风险而采取的措施。